What's up with the Incredible battery?

Guys, I really like the Incredible and I have it since launch, but I am not satisfied with the battery.

There are issues, and I understand the second one might not be entirely because of the phone. let me explain.

1 - I already researched and learned ways to prolong the battery charge, so I have not been using GPS on or WI-FI on.

Yesterday, I started with full Battery. All I did was show 2 clips on youtube to a friend, 1 minute max. I exchanged 1 txt message. And had one 20 minutes call with BT. My BT was on all day.

By the end of the 20 min call, my battery was at 10%.

Is that normal?

I know, I can also turn off BT when I am not using. But still, BT + couple of clips + 1 call = 10% battery charge ?

2 - When using the GPS in the car I plugged the phone to the power outlet because I know GPS and the phone on during the whole drive will kill the battery. But even tough it's plugged to the power outlet, it doesn't seem to charge at all, and it drains the battery no matter what.

Have you tried charging it to full while on, then unplugging the charger turn the phone off and plug back into the charger and charge until green? There is a charging bug where you have to do this. I had to do it on mine.

Yeah, who needs a phone that actually charges so you can use it? They wouldn't mind at all.
You're comparing a software issue (easily fixable) to a hardware issue (not fixable without a $2 billion recall).

I sure hope it's addressed in the 2.2 update, but there hasn't been any confirmation of that yet.

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